PhoenixSerenity<p>Many <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Californians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Californians</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/report" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>report</span></a> adjusting their appearance or behavior — even <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/minimizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minimizing</span></a> questions — all to reduce the chances of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/bias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bias</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/hospitals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hospitals</span></a> , <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/clinics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>clinics</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/doctors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doctors</span></a>’ offices.&nbsp;Of the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/strategies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>strategies</span></a> they describe taking, 32% pay special attention to how they dress; 35% modify their speech or behavior to put doctors at ease. And 41% of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/patients" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>patients</span></a> signal to providers that they are <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/educated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>educated</span></a> , <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/knowledgeable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>knowledgeable</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/prepared" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prepared</span></a> .</p><p><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/black-patients-adjust-behavior-to-reduce-chance-of-discrimination-in-health-care-settings-survey-finds" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pbs.org/newshour/health/black-</span><span class="invisible">patients-adjust-behavior-to-reduce-chance-of-discrimination-in-health-care-settings-survey-finds</span></a></p>